China’s premier called Monday for a boost in domestic consumption to keep the economy expanding. In a speech at the opening of the National People’s Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao promised increased spending on health care and social services, higher wages for middle and low-income earners, and expanded consumer credit, among other things, to help people […]
China’s Premier Calls for More Domestic Spending, Slower Growth
Posted March 5th, 2012 at 3:10 am (UTC-5)
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China’s Premier Calls for More Domestic Spending, Slower Growth
Posted March 5th, 2012 at 2:19 am (UTC-5)
China’s premier called Monday for a boost in domestic consumption to keep the economy expanding. In a speech at the opening of the National People’s Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao promised increased spending on health care and social services, higher wages for middle and low-income earners, and expanded consumer credit, among other things, to help people […]
Putin Victorious, Opposition to Protest Russian Polls
Posted March 5th, 2012 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
Russian opposition leaders plan to rally near the Kremlin Monday to protest Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency. With nearly all the votes counted, Russian officials say Mr. Putin won Sunday’s presidential election by a landslide with 64 percent of the vote. His closest rival, Community Party chief Gennady Zyuganov, was far behind with 17 […]
Syria Still Blocking Red Cross from Baba Amr
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 11:45 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian authorities are still keeping Red Cross teams from entering the beleaguered Baba Amr district of the former rebel-held city of Homs. Activists say they are getting more and more concerned for civilians stranded in Baba Amr. Activists say the entire city of Homs faces a humanitarian catastrophe with electricity, water and communications cut off. […]
Death Toll in Polish Train Crash Climbs to 16
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
Polish rescue workers have pulled another victim from the wreckage of a head-on collision between two passenger trains, raising the death toll to 16. Officials say they believe they have found all the victims of the crash. Rescuers worked all night Sunday to look for survivors and recover bodies. Saturday’s crash injured at least 56 […]
Tearful Putin Claims Victory in Russia’s Presidential Vote
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 8:20 pm (UTC-5)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin scored an apparently decisive victory in Sunday’s presidential election to reclaim the Kremlin post he occupied from 2000 to 2008. At a late-night appearance before tens of thousands of his supporters outside the Kremlin, a tearful Mr. Putin thanked his supporters for helping him “prevent the country falling into the […]
Syria Blocks Red Cross from Baba Amr for 3rd Straight Day
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 7:20 pm (UTC-5)
Red Cross teams in Syria delivered relief supplies to areas near the battered Homs district of Baba Amr Sunday, but were blocked for a third straight day from entering the former rebel bastion. Concerns are mounting for civilians left stranded in Baba Amr. Activists say the entire city of Homs faces a humanitarian catastrophe. Electricity, […]
Tearful Putin Claims Victory in Russia’s Presidential Vote
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
A tearful Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, which would see him return for a record third term in office as president. At a massive rally outside the Kremlin in central Moscow, Mr. Putin thanked his supporters for helping him “prevent the country falling into the hands of enemies trying […]
Reports: Tibetan Mother of 4 Sets Herself on Fire
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
Tibetan sources say a mother of four has died after setting herself on fire to protest government policies in Tibetan areas of China. The London-based group Free Tibet says the woman, identified as Rinchen, set herself ablaze outside the Kirti monastery in Ngaba town in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. The 32-year-old widow died at the […]
Southern Yemen Fighting Kills 55
Posted March 4th, 2012 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Yemeni officials and medics say a fierce battle between government troops and al-Qaida fighters in the country’s south has killed at least 35 soldiers and 20 militants. They say Sunday’s fighting erupted in Abyan province, when the militants detonated several car bombs and overran a military post in the Koud region near the provincial capital, […]
